I think you need human interaction and role play to really get the meat of the deal... you can only learn so much staring at a computer and then read threads with 180 degree divergent opinion's which are generally proffered by those either selling you something or want something or just want to believe its ok because some one told them that.. etc.

I went to college and got a business degree that emphasized real estate.

I'm pretty split between economics and business administration ( generic business degree).

Each form of REI needs more of some skills and less of others, butrental operations (buy&hold) needs people skillsall REI needs ability to do research on your own or to find the proper reference material is essentialsome degree of business accumin is required (invoices, POs, simple accounting)You can learn finance and legal stuff on the fly as you begin to need need them.Investments are not a natural endeavor so IMO, an investor is never born aka Calif's Eureka but an acquired set of skills from exercise.

Though I have a college degree, I don't foresee a future in which is plays a large role in my success.

I went to a college and I got a business degree that emphasized real estate.  

I even went to IPEC to further my personal development, not to get a degree.  

Has anyone here used this and found it valuable to any degree?

I did go to college, which is not required, and I got a business degree that emphasized real estate.  

I am a software engineer by undergrad degree and trade and i've got a JD hanging on my wall that I don't use for much more than experiments in how temperature variations effect dust collection rates.